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Where does he say he thinks there were two posts? He only says that the nodereaper wouldn't let him create a second post because it would be a duplicate. He's just stating what the error message was when he tried to resubmit his post.

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Re^5: Poor little reply that lost its way
by jdporter (Paladin) on Apr 14, 2010 at 20:24 UTC

    Right. He says:

    got caught by NodeReaper
    If you look at the message you get when you try to submit a duplicate post, nowhere does it refer to NodeReaper at all.

    NodeReaper reaps. In order for a node to get reaped, it has to exist. The invocation of NodeReaper in the explanation implies that a node got reaped.

    (Yes, I know NodeReaper also swallows naughty chatters. That's unrelated.

    What is the sound of Windows? Is it not the sound of a wall upon which people have smashed their heads... all the way through?
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      I thought there was some code in place to try and catch duplicates now? Or maybe I'm thinking of a different forum. The way it's written makes it sound like the second post never made it into the system.

      Elda Taluta; Sarks Sark; Ark Arks
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        I thought there was some code in place to try and catch duplicates now?

        There is! That is what we are talking about. Here is the message you get when you attempt to submit a duplicate post:

        It looks like you've just tried to submit a node that has already been submitted.

        Luckily our staff in the control room was quick enough to press the Emergency Stop button before anyone got hurt.

        If you can't see your post, it probably hasn't been approved within its section by the moderators. Don't fret — go to Newest Nodes and chances are it'll be listed there. Others will see it as well, so sit back, relax, and enjoy PerlMonking.

        If you want to see unapproved nodes as well as approved ones, go to your User Settings and turn on "Show Unapproved Nodes".

        If you need to change something about your node, you can go to it and edit it, even after you have submitted it. Alternatively, you can reply to your own node. Whatever you do, don't re-submit the same content! Our system isn't so unstable that node submissions get dropped on the floor.

        And nowhere does it mention NodeReaper.

        What is the sound of Windows? Is it not the sound of a wall upon which people have smashed their heads... all the way through?
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